Squirrels ...seek and destroy!
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Squirrels ...seek and destroy!
| Sun, 06-06-2010 - 5:48am |
Hi All
Is there a thread anywhere here that can be bumped up about strategies for dealing with squirrels?
If not then can we start one - maybe it would help everyone to know how the people currently here deal with the little critters and so help people develop their own plot to seek and destroy LOL

Here's a topic which explains the "squirrels" :-)
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-rlmyaffair&msg=57422.1&ctx=128
You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice. ~Steven D. Woodhull
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The best way to get rid of squirrels is to have your AP come over and trap and release them... far far away LOL.
Seriously, you have to keep reminding yourself that all is well, there's a good reason your AP has been out of contact a little longer than usual, and you'll find out soon. Then try to concentrate on other things. AND coming here to post about those nasty squirrels usually brings some needed laughter here from responses. Laughing always scares those squirrels away, pronto. :-)
You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice. ~Steven D. Woodhull
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You've
Hear, hear!
anotherseyes
hmmm...strategies? I don't know that I have any good ones other than what Lexi said above and she stated the same in the other "squirrel" thread. My best advice is more along preventing the squirrels from showing up in the first place.
So far, the best thing I EVER
I can totally relate to the worry and the low self-esteem part. My relationship with AP started off very intense to say the least. We met in this group-therapy kind of thing and the chemistry was incredible between us from the start. Neither of us has had anything like it before.
It happened only 2 months ago, and he has been calling me 2-6 times a day (even on week-ends!!) on average.
Last week we met 5 days out of the 7.
We have a 3 day romantic getaway booked in July.
He constantly tells me he does not believe how lucky he is to have met me, and he still can not quite fathom how someone like me could even like him. He has recently been telling me that he has very very strong feelings for me, and he has expressed it several times that he is very afraid of me leaving him.
Every time we have a date, he calls me a few minutes afterward to tell me what a wonderful time he had with me. You would think that would be enough for me right?? Big no-no. :-)
Yesterday he has not called me all day (even though we met the day before and we were going to meet that evening) and I was frantic by the afternoon (stomach churning, heart ripping, nauseating, end-of-the-world worry..). Especially because the day before he got sick and has been throwing up all night etc. (he has gastritis, recently diagnosed), so I was imagining him being in the hospital or even God forbid not wanting me anymore..
It really is about low self-esteem and insecure attachment forms on our part. Like little kids; when mommy/daddy leaves the room and we can't physically see them, it is like they have disappeared from earth. :(
Here is what I try to do when it happens:
1, I try to put it in the hands of the universe and say whatever need to happen will happen (cheesy I know, but it helps sometimes)
2, I try to treat myself with little rewarding things (manicure, massage, a bath, a good book, talking to a friend etc.)
3, I journal about my pain. Writing it down helps to see things a lot clearer. In a sense this board serves a similar purpose.
4, I try to think of times when I have had similar fears towards other guys and things have turned out okay
5, I try to go on with my life as if he would not exist, and try to think of him as a plus to my already full life (unfortunately this does not work most of the time.. Even though I have only known him 2 mos I really can't imagine being without him in my life)
6, Do some fun 'fortune teller' things regarding to our relationship. They have these great tarot reading websites, or a website for a very famous Chinese fortune telling system (http://ichingonline.net/) and I ask the advice of the 'spirits' on our relationship. I dont believe in this stuff (maybe 5% the most) but it is fun, and it gives the illusion of control. ;-)
I hope this is somehwat helpful ;-)